For the remaining "dpkg-buildpackage -A" problem, why don't you do something like this?
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ override_dh_install-indep:
# Deactivate automatic update check
echo 0 > $(TOP)-data/usr/share/netdata/web/version.txt
-override_dh_fixperms:
+override_dh_fixperms-arch:
dh_fixperms
# apps.plugin should only be runnable by the netdata user. It will be
It's simple and elegant.
Thanks.
